Wisdom

Continually striving after more out of envy for one’s neighbor is a foolish endeavor. To do so, Ecclesiastes 3:6 says, is to strive after wind. After all, we cannot take our possessions with us. They are fleeting and ...Read More

The good that we do will not save us; only the perfect righteousness of Christ can do that. However, the Lord is still pleased to reward His people for what they do in serving Jesus. Since God ponders our paths ...Read More

Matthew Henry comments, “There is not a greater enemy to the power of religion, and the fear of God in the heart, than conceitedness of our own wisdom.” When we think we know better than the Lord, we have already ...Read More

God answers the prayer of salvation, when sinners who are not yet part of His family trust in Christ. He does not answer this prayer based on the merits of those who pray it; rather, He answers it because He ...Read More

Coming to understand the limitations of our knowledge and wisdom can be deeply
sorrowing. At the same time, however, there are senses in which it can be liberating.
First, knowing the limits of our own understanding forces us to flee ...Read More

Understanding how the different biblical genres work will help us avoid misinterpretation, thereby improving our ability to find the wisdom that God is showing us in His Word. Our Creator commends the careful study of His Word (2 Tim. 2 ...Read More

Knowing the will of the Lord — a church united in truth and love — is easy.
Fulfilling our part in accomplishing this end, however, is more difficult. On
account of our fallenness, we do not readily seek harmony but are more ...Read More

Wisdom, the ability to put what we know into right action, seems to be in
short supply these days, but Paul assures us that we have the wisdom needed
to live for Christ as a gift of divine grace. The ...Read More

One commentator has said that things would be drastically different on the
mission field at home and abroad if believers felt the same urgency to reach
others with the gospel as they do to secure their own welfare. The wealth ...Read More

The gospel is scandalous to unbelievers even though Christ is the wisdom of
God (1 Cor. 1:18–31). But it is important to note that the message is to be
scandalous, not our actions. We must take care not ...Read More

In his novel Redburn, Herman Melville writes, “Not till we know, that one grief outweighs ten thousand joys, will we become what Christianity is striving to make us.” Though Scripture is clear that suffering in itself is painful, it is ...Read More

As we begin our study of Ecclesiastes, take some time today to consider
where you have turned to solve the basic questions of life. Before you knew
Jesus, where did you look for meaning? Where do you look for meaning ...Read More

Solomon’s life illustrates the need to persevere in the wisdom of God. Of course, all those who have truly put their faith in His promises through Christ will not die bereft of this wisdom and thus, salvation; but the ...Read More

Our forebears rejected God’s wisdom in Eden, but in His grace He has made a way for mankind to feast on the treasures of Christ so that we might eat from the Tree of Life forevermore. All of us ...Read More

Truth and wisdom are certainly depicted in logical propositions and abstract concepts. Yet the revelation of the wisdom of God in the person of Jesus Christ must remind us that we have not found wisdom if all we know are ...Read More